The bad news is that I'm not going to be giving away all $400 in prizes over the next few days. Wait, put down the rotten vegetables!

The crazy awesome news is that I'm going to instead be giving away even more in prizes over the next few weeks! I was contacted by a few amazing companies last night that wanted to help sponsor some prizes, so I'm going to be stretching things out in terms of making the contests open to a lot of people. I'll be holding a contest per week from now until at least March! Throw in the March Madness Contest and it's hard for me to even fathom how much I'm going to be giving away over the next few weeks!

Of course, I said I'd give away something today and darn if I don't keep my word! So for today, all you have to do is make a post on your blog about HIF while linking back to us with the anchor text “freebies” and then leave a comment here with a link to your post. Just write something cool about HIF and make sure you include the proper link back. Here's an quick example:

Hey, It's Free! is one of the leading sites on the internet for freebies. They filter out all the spammy freebie offers and the guy who runs it, Goob, is pretty legendary to boot! He's even giving away a $50 giftcard to Walmart this week! So check out HIF and start getting some freebies in your mail!

Or something similar. See how the word “freebies” is linking back to HIF? That's known as anchor text in nerdy, Internet lingo. You learn something new every day!

It doesn't matter if your blog is on your own site, Blogger, Myspace, or wherever else you may write on the net. Just make sure you write a little something about HIF and link back to us with the anchor text “freebies.” If you don't have a blog, then don't fret! Posting this on a message board you frequent counts as well, as is any other place you can think of. Be creative and chances are I'll accept your submission. Make sure you don't forget to leave a comment here with a link to where you made the post so that I can verify it. Then, at the end of the week I'll pick a winner!

As for what some of the future contests will be, well I will say that one of the upcoming ones rhymes with “scavenger hunt.” Wait a minute, I think I did that wrong… Oh well, if you're not already a member of the forums, you might want to join up! 😀

The next few weeks are going to be freaking awesome, if I do say so myself!

Boring Fine Print:

Contestants must be 18 years or older and live in the US.

Whenever multiple correct answers have been submitted, I'll use random.org to pick the winner.

Contestants must use a valid e-mail address when leaving comments. Otherwise, how am I going to contact you if you win?

Contest ends this Saturday at midnight. The winner will be notified and announced on February 1st.

About Goob

A world renowned slalom skier, fluent speaker of 14 languages, and freebie hunter. Only one of those is true, but it makes my biography look much fuller. In my spare time, I enjoy launching my own space program and disproving the Coriolis effect.

I love your site; however, was disappointed to see my name wasn’t included in the contest for $50 Wal-Mart gift card. In fact, I had written twice. Maybe I’ll have better luck next time. This is the best freebie site around. Love you anyway!

ALL MY FRIENDS WILL SEE MY BULELTIN BOARD AND SHOULD LOG ON. HERE’S THE LINK

(Goob: People, please destroy your caps lock! Not only does it make it look like you’re screaming at us, but it more than likely will cause your comment to be marked as spam. In addition, your link didn’t work Sasha. Add me as a friend on Myspace and I’ll check out your profile. )

Hey, Goob! Can I just call you Goob like that even though I don’t really know you? 🙂 I made a link to your WONDERFUL (said in a non-sarcastic and yet non-kiss-butt way) site so my fellow budgeting mamas could get some free swag, too! You can see it here: It’s A Mama Thing!.

I would love a $50 gift card to Wal-Mart, even though the Wal-Marts in my city scare me….if I win, I will just wear a black hoodie and shop at 2 am when nobody is there. 😉

Goob- It’s posted on my blog and who I’d like to meet. 😉
MySpace URL http://www.myspace.com/sahm_4
To bad Facebook doesn’t count, I have more friends there, and already member of the Hey Its Free group.
Game on….
My family and I love Hey Its Free. Thank you for all the fun!

Hey Cassidy, you can send you hated WalMart giftcards to me! I would be glad to take them off your hands! lol Could always use money towards groceries or for my daughters birthday on Feb. 7th. Wanted to get her this dollhouse but don’t have enough money for it since it’s $70 and my husband was laid off. Damn economy. No Christmas for us. Luckily we had family that gave stuff to our daughters since we couldn’t. Anways… send em to me!! lol

Hey Goob! Great idea for a contest and a great way to get those freebie links out there! Well done. Here’s my link, http://generopolis.com/wpblog/2009/01/29/hey-its-free/ which is on my own freebie blog, Generocity…hope you don’t look at this like competition! The post I did was a bit fairly long — but I also cover other stuff too, including how to get free video game disks.

I’ve been trying to post my entry here for a while and I seem to be having some trouble. Here’s what I wrote on Facebook (you can see it if you log in).

“Remember Goob? He’s the guy who scours the Web for the best, non-spammy, 100% legit freebies (See my last note). He’s now running weekly contests on his site. This week’s prize is a $50 gift card to Wal-Mart. Check it out.”

“…Remember Goob? He’s the guy who scours the Web for the best, non-spammy, 100% legit freebies (See my last note). He’s now running weekly contests on his site. This week’s prize is a $50 gift card to Wal-Mart. Check it out.”

From “Be a Frugal LifeHacker: Part 2”

“Goob, who’s actually a pretty cool guy, weeds out the scammers and the spammers. I have received countless samples of:

I hit this site almost everyday to see what’s new. Eventually, you’ll be getting some nice surprises every other day via snail mail while everyone else just gets bills. Why not check it out? Hey, it’s free!”

Nevermind. Added you. Found your comment above. A little slow. Don’t mind me. I posted the blog and I also made a bulletin post about the blog so everyone knew that I made the blog. It’s called “hey you. yeah you. read this” so hopefully everyone will read the post then read the blog and then hopefully I win for my random strange humor that is included in my blog about this site.

Yeah so I was trying to find you on myspace to add you so you can view the blog since my page is private. I searched for you under the screenname Goob. Came across 270 Goobs. Go figure. Thought you were the only one. So I guess I will have to wait and hope you get to mine and add me before time runs out.

I love this site and go on it every day.I tell all my friends about it and you are one of my links on facebook.I get made fun of for all the free stuff that is stuffed in my mailbox but it’s great. Way better than bills,LOL!!!I hope this counts and will continue to spread the word of your greatness,oh HIF god!!!Have a great day.Debbie the freebie mom of Fargo

Hey Goob, my niece moved to TX. about two years ago and someone down there told her about your site. Her words to me were it’s like getting Christmas gifts almost everyday of the year, I started about a year ago, and she’s absolutely right. This past year I had to have emergency surgery, and when I got home there wasn’t much I was able to do, but I was more than able to open all the freebies that had piled up in a little over a weeks time. Thanks for all your hard work!

I posted a link–I’m new to HIF and have been meaning to do it anyway, but I’m also new to Blogging. My friend helped me set one up recently & everyone is bugging me to get going, so this was perfect to start! What a perfect thing to begin with–a great way to get real freebies! thanks for the contest also!

hi
i have posted on facebook for this entry. thanks for all the great emails with wonderful deals and freebies, i am a contest jukie!!
i can be found there by my email or above user id…subject heading “freebies…hooray”
thanks

Hey, I posted little something about you guys on my blog. I really enjoy browsing your site and I hope the others I recruit will too.
My blog: http://nolanandcamille.blogspot.com/
Thanks for all the fun free stuff!

I just posted my addiction to free stuff on my blog. I confess, I have a problem. I can’t seem to stop “freebieing”. I check my email and hey it’s free daily. My postal delivery person is probably going to go “postal” on me when she notices all my freebies she’s having to deliver!

Since a big part of my job consists of searching the Internet for deals and shopping in brick and mortar stores, I’ve become somewhat of a shopaholic. One site that I go to virtually every day is Hey! It’s Free. Everything I’ve seen on that site has been a valid freebie, and there’s some great stuff out there. I sent away for a religion book, got a Betty Crocker calendar and learned that Krispy Kreme was giving away free doughnuts on Election Day – that one was yummy.

So if you have some time, check out that freebie site, and see if there’s anything you can use. But, remember, I check the site often, so I’ll know if you get me a freebie present 😉

HEY, I FOUND THIS AWESOME FREEBIE SITE FROM THE TELEVISION AND I AM SOOO ADDICTED TO IT, IT’S NOT FUNNY. I GET ON IT EVERY DAY MANY TIMES A DAY DURING WORK AND LOVE GETTING THE GOODIES IN THE MAIL. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK PEOPLE BECAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE IT….. PENNY

(Goob: Thank you for the kind words, but please turn off the caps lock!)

I appreciate all the freebies I receive in the mail. I have you to thank for this abundance in my mailbox! I love FREE stuff! I check your website everyday, so I guess you can say I am addicted to freebies! Rock On!

I posted to my myspace but I can do the link freebies because I have the iPhone for the Internet and I’m limited to what I can do. I did place in the web address though I hope you still consider me. My blog is posted at myspace.com/crazy_dreamer89

Ok, where’s my $50.00 gift card (lol). I’ve created my post and linked it to myspace.com . I was more exact then similar…you didn’t say we couldn’t use it. I actually beleive you was helping us out and some of us didn’t use our head. LOL!!!

(Goob: It’s all good 🙂 I just added you as my friend so that I could see the blog post. Thanks for entering!)

To anybody trying to post a link to their Myspace, simply link to your actual myspace page, not the myspace blog. I’ll add you as my friend (or you can add me as your friend) and find the blog post on my own.

To anybody with a comment that doesn’t show up immediately, that just means it’s been put in a queue for moderation. It’s all good as I’ll approve them as I see them.

To all the non-bloggers out there, I do promise there will be some contests that don’t require blogs or any other social media sites. Just keep sticking around! Coming up with multiple contests, let alone one, that both help the site AND are open to every single reader is difficult at best. But it will happen 🙂

To Twitter and Facebook users, there’s actually going to be a Twitter & Facebook contest coming up soon as well. So for this contest, they don’t count.

Adam, yes I most certainly do remember the last scavenger hunt. Lessons were learned! 😀

Well, I linked to HIF on my Facebook page, but since I’m not technologically savvy (still riding a dinosaur) I have no idea how to put a link to my page here. Oh well. Maybe that will suffice. I could probably send a print screen if my name is put into the drawing. Can we get some easy stuff sometime this week for us techno-dummies? Thanks!

Hey Hey – Thanks so much for this opportunity! I posted your info up on my LJ, which gets read by a few people specifically for all of the resources I post (among my inconsequential and mind-numbing tweets and personal crap). I also went on over to Twitter and posted a link to my LJ for those that don’t always read it.

I posted the following message on a private Christian woman’s board on yuku.com. Does that count? The message is below.

“Hi Ladies,

I don’t know how many of you are into samples & freebies. But, I love coupons, samples, freebies, etc… I found this site that has really good stuff.

The site https://www.heyitsfree.net, “Hey, It’s Free” is the best site I’ve found on the internet for freebies. They filter out the spam and some of the things I’ve gotten are pretty cool & have led me to buy new products. I’ve received some great coupons. Some of the samples I’ve received are really yummy!! I haven’t started receiving more SPAM or anything from the things I’ve signed up for. Anyhow, it’s a great site & I thought I’d pass it along.”

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